Attachment for ax-heads



C. E. MANNERS. ATTACHMENT FOR AX HEADS. APPLICATION FILED AUG-26, 1920.

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HTTOHWEY Patented Aug. 23, I921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES EDGAR MANNERS, OF GLENVILLE GLEN, CRAFERS, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA.

ATTACHMENT FOR AX-HEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 23, 1921.

Application filed August 26, 1920. Serial No. 406,100.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GnAnLns EDGAR MAN- Nnns, a subject of His Majesty the King of Great Britain, residing at Glenville Glen, Craters, in the State of South Australia, in the Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in rittaclnnents for Air-Heads, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for ax heads the object of thesame being to provide means whereby the handle of the ax head and the wedge can be firmly secured so that the an head itself will not readily fly off the handle.

Hitherto many devices have been used for this purpose but the majority of them do not appear to have been suitable in actual use, being either deficient in construction or too complicated or too expensive to manufacture.

In my invention I provide a metal wedge in the thick end of which a slot or recess is formed and is designed to register with a corresponding slot or recess or hole formed in he an head in vertical alinement with the slot of the wedge so that a pin or dowel driven horizontally through the end of the handle will pass through both slots and will be retained in position thereby.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood I will now describe the same by aid of the accompanying illustrative drawings wherein- Figure 1 is a side view of the an head show ing the wedge partly inserted in the upper end of the handle.

Fig. 2 is a repetition of Fig. 1, showing the wedge in position when driven into place and retained by a pin or dowel.

Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4: is a perspective drawing of the wedge.

I11 each of the illustrations similar letters of reference are used to denote similar or corresponding parts wherever they occur.

In the drawings the handle is shown at a as inserted through the eye of the ax head 0, and a recess or slot is shown in the ax head at 0.

The wedge is indicated by the reference letter J and is characterized by the formation therein of an open slot 6, the arrangement being such that when the slotted wedge is driven to its ultimate position the slot therein registers with the slot 0 of the ax head.

When the parts have been arranged as in Fig. 2 the pin or dowel f is pinned or screwed through the upper portion of the wooden handle and may overhang the space formed by the slot 0 in the ax head thus securing the parts in position, but leaving the wedge free to be driven a little farther into the end of the handle from time to time it becomes loose.

Having now fully described and ascertained my said invention and the manner in which it is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is An attachment for an heads comprising the combination with an ax head provided with a handle-receiving eye and having slots at said eye portion extending downwardly from the upper edge of the head, of a wedge adapted to be driven into the handle, said wedge having an open slot in its thicker portion designed to register with the slots in the head and to allow said wedge when loose to be driven farther into the handle, and a pin engaging the slots in the head and wedge and passing through the handle.

I11 testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CHARLES EDGAR MANNERS. 

